Usman Alkali Baba CFR (born 1 March 1963), is the current substantive and 21st

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. He was appointed by the

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to replace

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who retired from

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in February 2021. The Police Council on Friday, June 4, 2021, confirmed the appointment of Alkali Usman Baba as the substantive Inspector General of Police.

Early life and education

Alkali is from

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, Nigeria. In 1980, he received a Teacher's Grade II Certificate from Teachers College, Potiskum,

. He studied political science at

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, graduating in 1985, before preceding to

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where he received master's in public administration in 1997. Baba was a member of course 22/2014 2014 at National Defence College.

Career

Alkali enlisted in the

on 15 March 1988 and later became an assistant superintendent of police, before gaining the promotion of commissioner of police on 27 January 2013. In 2014, he was posted to Delta State as the commissioner of police. He served as DIG Force CID, force secretary at the force headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria. He served in FCT as the deputy commissioner, investigation and in the staff college as a directing staff. He has also served in

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as the deputy commissioner, administration and assistant commissioner, CID. He served in

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as an area commander. At

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, he was the second-in-command. He has served in Kaduna, Yola, Jos and

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as divisional police officer, DPO. Baba was a former assistant inspector-general of police Zone 5, in-charge of

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, Delta State and

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. Baba is a fellow of the International War College and a member of the International Association of Police.

Inspector-general of police

On 6 April 2021, the

appointed Baba to replace

who retired from

in February 2021. Until his appointment as the IG of police, he was a deputy inspector-general of police, force criminal investigation department, force headquarters.

Awards

In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of

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(CFR) was conferred on him by President

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alkali Baba, Usman Living people 1963 births People from Yobe State Nigerian police chiefs University of Maiduguri alumni Bayero University Kano alumni